NUCLEAR WASTE COMMUNITY LIAISON COMMITTEE. Minutes of Meeting. July 5th, 2012 at 5:30pm. Community Office, 35 Fourth Ave., Hornepayne, Ontario

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1 NUCLEAR WASTE COMMUNITY LIAISON COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting July 5th, 2012 at 5:30pm Community Office, 35 Fourth Ave., Hornepayne, Ontario

2 Nuclear Waste Community Liaison Committee Minutes of Supper Meeting June 7th, 2012 at 5:30pm Community Office, 35 Fourth Ave., Hornepayne, Ontario Committee Members Present: Willy Liebigt (Committee Chair) Carlo Bin Cindy Craig Kaylyn Edens Morley Forster Jon Peroff Braeden Swereda Edith Villeneuve Committee Members Absent with Regrets: Eric Dawson Ginger Latoski Edith Villeneuve Resources in Attendance: John Fraser (NWMO Community engagement) Adrian Smith (NWMO-Social research and dialogue) Ray Hatfield (NWMO- Aboriginal Engagement) Peter Homenuck- DPRA - Senior consultant - DRPA, Stacey Rendell Hornepayne Project manager 1. Meeting called to order at 6:05 p.m. 2. Agenda reviewed and approved no amendments. 3. Minutes June 7, 2012 were accepted as distributed and signed. 4. Announcements- None 5. Declaration of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature Thereof- None 6. Feasibility studies-working meeting four discussion topics;

3 6.1. A. Update on NWMO action items John stated that we are settled in the house and NWMO staff is comfortable. The office is set up with regular hours. John Fraser reminded the committee of the upcoming International Conference on Geological Repositories which will be held in Toronto, Ontario on September 30- October 3, The NWMO has invited two representatives from each community in the Learn More process to attend conference. Furthermore the site visit for the CLC will be either September or September 20-21, this will be confirmed at August 1 st meeting. Unfortunately, Jon Peroff will be unable to attend the site visit, due to other commitments. 6.1.b Update on CLC web page development. Adrian Smith distributed a draft of the CLC webpage, for the committee s review. The handout is for information on basic structure and sample content. The NWMO will host the site and place CLC content on for the committee. Also the committee will have usernames and password to upload content to site. Pat Dolcetti is working on the sites and NWMO hopes to have sites up and running in the next few weeks. Some of the suggested titles for tabs were; Media & Press Releases, Events, Photos, Meetings which would include agendas & Meeting minutes. 6.1.c. Update on aboriginal engagement. Ray Hatfield updated committee on ongoing communication will First Nation community in our area, he stated that there are eight First Nation community in our immediate area; Hornepayne First Nations, Constance Lake First Nation, Pic Mobert First Nation, Ojibways of Pic River (Heron Bay), Chapleau Cree First Nations, Brunswick House First Nation (Chapleau), Michipicoten First Nations, and Missanabie Cree First Nations. Ray met with Chief Laura Mederios & a councillor of Hornepayne First Nation at the open house in May. Furthermore, He met with Chief Mederios and Noah Mederios today and they are interested in having a First Nation Representative on the Hornepayne CLC. Braeden Swereda will be the representative for the present and report back to Chief and council on CLC meetings. There has been engagement on the regional level with good participants of First Nations at Community learn more/nwmo events. There are First Nations open to the learn more process and some against. NWMO would like to invite Hornepayne First Nation to a one to two day briefing in early September. The committee was asked if Stacey and Noah could help with some of the administration. Committee agreed.

4 Ray Hatfield and Stacey Rendell will send a letter to Chief Laura Mederios inviting and confirming representation on the committee. 6.2.a. What s new in the community? The Haavaldsrud Timber Company employees have been called back to work The Becker Co-Gen project is back on Track with a June 2013 commissioning of the plant. Terrace Bay pulp mill has been sold and will be reopened and will hire more employees. The HEDC apartment should be full by the end of the month. The HEDC/Township of Hornepayne is starting a rebranding media/marketing process of community engagement. The hope is to better market the town. 6.2.c. Status of the CLC Newsletter Draft of the CLC newsletter was circulated to committee members, it was decided that we would use this format as a quarterly newsletter. The newsletter would be used to advise the community of major events. The NWMO will help with the formatting and preparing it for print and for digital copy. The NWMO can print it and we will distribute it as a mail drop at Canada Post within our community, furthermore it will be posted on our web page and we will have it available in the Learn More community office. The committee decided to continue also with the quick monthly updates that are placed in the Jackfish Journal by the committee chairperson. Committee members will or bring to the next meeting a passport style photo of themselves for a committee photo collage to be use in advertising the committee members in media and for a picture of committee members to be kept in the office. 6.3/4/5 Update on Hornepayne community profile from Peter Homenuck. An updated PowerPoint presentation was shown featuring the data that will be included in the profile. Furthermore, Peter gave an update on outreach and engagement; five interviews of key community stakeholders were conducted today, and many more scheduled for next month. Discussion with CLC to check accuracy of the data presented, answered questions and asked committee what other materials should be included in the community profile to give a more complete picture of our community. Peter will present a complete draft of the community profile in September. Also, the transportation plan is underway Other Business

5 6.6.a Actions for next meeting -Project manager will forward potential dates for September site visit to John Fraser. -A letter will be sent to Hornepayne First Nation. -The newsletter draft will be sent to NWMO for designing and preparation for printing. - The project manager will receive a petty cash from township for coffee & tea and other supplies needed in the office on a daily basis. 6.6.b. Confirmation of next meeting date August 1st, 2012 at 12 pm (lunch meeting). 7.0 NWCLC updates a. NWCLC Project Manager report -written report given b. Open discussion- The committee discussed that the CLC meeting will continue to be open meetings. If a member of the public want to be the agenda or have a deputation this request must be in writing. The Meeting time for the public is 6pm. The Committee discussed a replacement for Steve Renaud on the CLC. The project manager will send an invitation to Cheryl Browne to sit on the committee. If she declines Willy we contact another suitable candidate from the list provided by the committee. 8.0 Confirmation of next meeting date August 1st, 2012 at 12 pm (lunch meeting). 9.0 Meeting closed at 7:55 pm. The regular monthly meeting will fall on the first Thursday of each month. Aug 1st, Sept 6 th, Oct?, Nov 1 st, Dec 6 th. Committee Member Committee Member 08-Nwclcmin